Introduction

Rather than purchase a copy of the Cinemage System, services based on the system can be subscribed to on a monthly fee bases. The cost is proportional to the amount of data hosted, measured as the number of records and images uploaded. There is an account setup process for each subcriber, to establish them in the particular service of interest.

Service Overview

The Cinemage®System is a 100% solution for collections management on the Internet or on an internal network. The system is entirely web-based and can be accessed from anywhere on the Internet using standard web browsers. Access control mechanisms provide for everything from public (read-only) access, to complete records management, all done through a simple user interface and standard web forms. Included are tools for image management and display and an optional e-commerce module is available for on-line purchase of images or other media.

Key Features

Text Search and Display

• Simple searches across specified fields or the entire collection.
• Scan function to create an index using a specified field (and the ability to access a result set from this scan).
• Ability to further search on a result set to refine the search results.
• Ability to browse through result sets.
• Access to more complex and powerful search mechanisms.

Image Display

• Ability to display thumbnail images in light-table or list form.
• Ability to display images in a variety of resolutions.

Access Control

• Multiple levels of control and security through easily created user accounts.
• Data owners have complete control over their own collections.
• Public access without accounts can be provided.

Data Maintenance

• All maintenance done through standard web forms.
• Database design is flexible allowing any number of fields as well as repeating fields.
• Supports ISO2709 and MARC format for data.
• Data owners can add individual records or edit existing records.
• Facilities are provided for bulk upload of data.
• Mapping tables provide for easy import of data from other existing databases.
• Data can also be exported in a variety of formats.
• Hyperlinks can be created between records, databases, and to external sources.

Image Maintenance

• System handles all standard image formats (Jpeg, TIFF, BMP, GIF, etc)
• Only the highest resolution images are loaded – all lower resolution images are generated by the system.
• The system will export text and thumbnail images in the format required by Images Canada.